The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
Showing Season 2 of 3
Season 2
1987
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01. The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
1987-09-22
An overzealous senator outrages crime bosses by subpoenaing them to appear before an organized crime commission. An actress with a shady past falls for Torello.
02. Blast from the Past
1987-09-29
Torello confronts his feelings for Julie when she asks him to rescue her kidnapped husband, who is a doctor forced to tend to one of his injured kidnappers.
03. Always a Blonde
1987-10-20
The Senterros, a family of Mexican cattle ranchers, controls the marijuana trade, so Torello's unit sets up a sting operation, but detective Joey Indelli leaves to try to save a callgirl from her sadistic pimp.
04. Atomic Fallout
1987-10-27
Torello follows a crazed killer into Mexico, unaware his quarry will lead him to an arms-for-drugs operation run by an alive-and-well Luca.
05. Shockwaves
1987-11-03
Luca returns to Vegas with immunity to work for the US Government, causing revenge-minded Abrams to resign in frustration and Torello unable to get near Luca.
06. Robbery, Armed
1987-11-10
A Chicago thug, preparing for the heist of a Las Vegas casino, shoots Krychek on the eve of Torello's birthday.
07. Little Girl Lost
1987-11-24
An investigator searching for a man's girlfriend, who happens to be Weisbord's granddaughter, is murdered before he gives information to Torello. Luca offers a drug-addicted Abrams a position on his staff.
08. Love Hurts
1987-12-08
Luca falls for an actress in a movie he is financing and discovers she is more than even he can handle.
09. MIG-21
1987-12-15
A defecting Soviet pilot becomes custody of the Strike Force, which learns of plans to use him in a spy swap.
10. Moulin Rouge
1988-01-05
The Justice Department tries to deal with troubles at a new nightclub - including bombings, extortion, and racial threats - owned by a beautiful black woman.
11. Seize the Time
1988-01-12
Torello cannot identify the source of a money-laundering operation. Clemmons reveals his suspicions about Iris's new casino partner.
12. Femme Fatale
1988-01-19
A Chinese agent dupes Torello into looking for her father while she smuggles plutonium out of the country.
13. Protected Witness
1988-02-02
In return for the man's testimony, Torello offers government protection to a Chicago mobster with a contract on his life.
14. Last Rites
1988-02-09
After Manny is stricken by a heart attack, Luca demands that he be the first heart-transplant recipient. Max convinces Steve to put a hit on Luca.
15. Pauli Taglia's Dream
1988-03-08
In a dream Paulie recounts his and Luca's survival of the atomic bomb. After nearly perishing in the blast, Luca and Paulie are taken into federal custody. Delirious from his gun shot wounds and the blast Luca becomes totally on Paulie for their escape. Receiving aid from a federal agent in Manny's employ Paulie rises above his usual persona as he attempts to extricate himself and Luca from their current situation.
16. Roadrunner
1988-03-15
While escorting a prisoner and his girlfriend, Torello is trapped in the desert and stalked by corrupt lawmen who want the prisoner.
17. Desert Justice
1988-03-22
The Justice Department must deal with crooked cops and feuding brothel owners when Pauli's prostitute-girlfriend is murdered.
18. Byline
1988-03-29
Torello's writer-friend plans to take down Luca by exposing him in an article.
19. The Hearings
1988-04-05
Luca is finally brought to court on racketerring charges but the trial is postponed when a military emergency happens in Vietnam.
20. Pursuit (1)
1988-04-26
Torello and his men chase Luca to Mexico where they will get no help from the US Government.
21. Escape (2)
1988-05-03
Torello and his men save Danny from certain death while Luca is told by a top military commander that he is nothing in Mexico.
22. Going Home (3)
1988-05-10
Torello and his men catch up to Luca in Mexico and force him to escape but they all get trapped inside a pilotless airborne plane.
